Gender Inequality Vis-A-Vis Violence Against Women the Case Study of Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATIION ii

APPROVAL iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii

PREFACE viii

LISTOFCASES ix

LTHE GENERAL

~NTRODUCT~ON 1

BACKGROUND 2

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 9

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 9

SCOPE OF THE STUDY 10

HYPOTHESIS 10

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 10

METHODOLOGY 10

LITERATURE REVIEW 10

CHAPTERIZATION 13

ILCHAPTER ONE

1.0 WOMEN’S RIGHTS AGAINST VIOLENCE 14

1.1 DEFINITION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 15

1.2 AREAS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 15

1.3 WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS....15

1.4 KENYA’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION 21

1.5 WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER THE MUNICIPAL LAW 22

ULCHAPTER TWO

2.0 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE FAMILY 24

2.1 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 26

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2.2 MARITAL RAPE 29

2.3 FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION 30

2.4 FORCED MARRIAGES 33

2.5 CONCLUSION 34

RV~CHAPTER THREE

3.0 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY 35

3.1 SEXUAL VIOLENCE 35

3.2 RAPE 36

3.3 SEXUAL HARASSMENT 39

3.3.1 SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER

EDUCATION 40

3.3.2 SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORK PLACE 42

3.4 TRAFFICKING 44

VmCHAPTER FOUR

4.0 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PERPETRATED BY THE STATE.. .47

4.1 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT. .47

4.2 CUSTODIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 53

4.2.1 TORTURE AND IMPUNITY 54

4.2.2 POLICE TREATMENT 56

VLCHAPTER FRVE

5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 57

5.1 CONCLUSION 60

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